Sully - Flux / Chatter - Critical Music - CRIT281 - 12" Black Vinyl [Printed Sleeve] - Drum & Bass

CRIT281 - Sully - Flux / Chatter

Juxtaposing acid-tipped breakbeats with influences of acoustic behaviour in nature, Sully unveils a debut release for Critical Music with the two-track 12" 'Flux' b/w 'Chatter'.

Sully says: "'Flux' and 'Chatter' were another attempt to take the groove and feel of the breakbeats I've been previously working with and build them from the ground up. The aim was to find space for the tonal elements to breathe and end up in a place I'd not been to before."

Birdsong became an unexpected reference point during the writing process, with Sully using synthesis to analyse and recreate natural calls as compositional material. The resulting dialogue between acoustic behaviour and digital sound generation forms part of the release's underlying methodology rather than a surface aesthetic.

Jack Stevens aka Sully has spent much of the last two decades developing a body of work that sits slightly outside the obvious cycles of revival that have shaped UK bass music. His releases have consistently explored the points where 2-step swing, breakbeat construction, and jungle's rhythmic vocabulary begin to overlap.

A1. Flux
B1. Chatter